Why would anyone pay more for less. If you do your research, the image sensor of a digital SLR camera is about the same size as the A.P.S. (Advanced Photo System). It doesn't make sense if you're trying to make say a 16X20 print to use a digital SLR bc it's almost half the size of 35mm film. You can pay $1500 for digital or $600 for film you do the math. Good luck in making the right choice.

Submitted by John Pires, Toronto (not verified) on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm

I'm more concerned with a full-frame sensor than I am with megapixels. I, like many wide-angle street shooters, want to use my existing 20mm, 24mm and 28mm lenses as they were meant to be used! Tried out an EOS 10d for a few months and it hurt. Having said that, I am not sure I'd switch to digital shooting if a film scanner appeared that would accurately scan silver-based film. That way I'd have my archive neg and digi file too! Would sleep better at night : )

Actually, my price point was $1,000 as I recently purchased a Nikon D70. I couldn't have made a better decision but I plan to continue to shoot film (slides) because I like the color palette certain films deliver. Further, I scan my better slides and negatives using a Konica Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400 film scanner which gives terrific results.

Never! I'll be with film till the fat lady sings! For me, at least, film is easier to understand and holds more advantages over digital. If film is no longer sold at some point in the far future, then I'll consider going digital.

It's not price. Full frame sensors are needed. If I want to use my existing glass and not get 1.5X factor, we need full size sensors. And as I have found very good in camera software. That makes a hudge differance.

I would love to move up to one of the digital SLRs currently on the market, but I just don't have $1,000 or more to do so. I love to shoot sports, and something like the Canon Mark II would be great -- if I didn't have any other financial responsibilities. For now, I'll just have to settle for drooling over each new offering...

The problem between Film or Digital SLR is not the price, but the size and weight of the lenses. Compare the zoom of bridge-camera and SLR camera... After 47 years of practice in 35mm photography, I switched to digital photography few months ago.